Dr. William K. Scarborough Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials related to the personal and professional activities of Dr. William K. Scarborough from 1963-2009. Included in the collection are newspaper articles, correspondence, lectures, and other miscellaneous materials.
Dates
- 1963-2010
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical / Historical
William K. Scarborough was born on January 17, 1933 in Baltimore, Maryland. He served on active duty as a Gunnery Department Division Officer in the United States Navy aboard the USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) from from 1954 to 1956. He earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1954, his M.A. from Cornell University in 1957, and his Ph. D. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1962.
Dr. Scarborough began teaching at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1964. He became a renowned scholar in the fields of Southern History, the Civil War, and the Old South. He was also a member of the faculty senate, College of Liberal Arts and University Tenure and Promotion Committees, and served as Chair of the History Department from 1980 to 1990. Dr. Scarborough retired from full-time teaching in 2009.
A nationally recognized scholar in Antebellum Southern and Civil War history, Scarborough was the author or editor of six books, numerous articles and papers, and 76 book reviews. His most notable publications were his prize-winning 3-volume edition of the Dairy of Edmund Ruffin and Masters of the Big House. He was a past president of the Mississippi Historical Society and the St. George Tucker Society. The recipient of numerous teaching and research awards from USM, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University Research Council in 2011.
Dr. William K. Scarborough, 87, passed away on May 17, 2020 at his home in Hattiesburg, MS.
Extent
2.50 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Dr. William K. Scarborough is the author of several publications. These include The Overseer: Plantation Management in the Old South, The Diary of Edmund Ruffin, Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-Nineteenth Century South, and The Allston’s of Chicora Wood: Wealth, Honor, and Gentility in the South Carolina Low Country.
Arrangement
The materials in the collection were organized by subject, grouping items by organization when possible (Phi Alpha Theta, Shelby Thames Administration, Mississippi Historical Society, etc.).
Provenance
Donated by Dr. William K. Scarborough in 2010, 2011, and 2014.
Photograph Log
Box 4, Folder 5 M487-2 Dr. William K. Scarborough with other members of the Riley Prize Committee. 5 x 7 B & W 1995
Box 4, Folder 10 M487-3 Dr. William K. Scarborough with David Sansing and Patricia Galloway. 5 x 7 B & W 1998
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Clubs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letter. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lucas, Aubrey K., Dr., 6th President and current President Emeritus of the University of Southern Mississippi (Aubrey Keith)
- Mississippi -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Periodicals. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Records (Documents). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scarborough, William K., Dr. (William Kauffman), 1933-2020
- Sons of the American Revolution. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sons of the American Revolution. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Speech. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Thames, Shelby Freeland, 8th President and Professor Emeritus of Polymer Science and Engineering
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Southern Mississippi -- Faculty. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Dr. William K. Scarborough Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Collection processed and finding aid written by T.J. Landry and Brandon Ball
- Date
- May 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
